St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-06

both dead. A woman was lying on the
snow and kind persons had covered her
with what spare clothing they could pro-
cure. Soon after there was sufficient help
to remove her to the Pingree house
She was badly hurt. but still alive.
As soon as the flames had
| subsidized sufficiently the work of recover
ing the bodies from the wreck was begun.
Most of the remains are so charred as TO be
unrecognizable. The body of Pullman
! Conductor Burgess was one of the first
taken out. 1t was not badly mutilated
The remains of the porter of one of the cars
was
IDENTIFIED BY HIS CLOTHING
and watch. The body of A. l.. Wesson,
son of the well-known arms manufacturer
was identified tonight. In the pocket OF a
blue dress coat was found letter written
upon letterhead of c. w. Sanford, agent
of the Moxie Nerve Food company. dated
Washington, d. c., Dec. 80, and addressed
to Dear Charles. The body of the owner is
supposed to have been entirely destroyed,
and is supposed by travelling men to have
been that of Charles W. Sanford,
formerly in the employ of l.. G. Chase &c
Co., of Boston. He was in the Boston
Pullman car. A coat belonging to Charles
A. Hibard, of Boston, was found. Miss P.
Ii. Follett, of Sharon, VT, who started
from Keene, proves not to have been seri-
ously injured, and will be taken from the
Hartford hotel to her home in the morning
At the same hotel is l.. Combrements, Of
New York, who was in the Boston sleeper.
His Injuries are to the back and side, and
| are not supposed to be serious. Most of the
bodies recovered were taken to the village
OF Hartford and placed in an undertaker's
establishment. Thirty-nine bodies in all
have been taken out of the wreck, and only
five OF this number are in any manner recog-
nizable. It will be impossible to tell how
many were in the train, as the conductor
had only begun taking up tickets after leav-
ing here. Many bodies have probably gone
into the river and under the ice.
At this hour (midnight) thirty-nine bodies
in all have been recovered from the wreck,
and it is positively known that
FoRTY-TWo PERSONS persisted,
while there is a probability that number
OF other corpses will be found in the
wreck or under the ice in the creek.
Just how many persons were killed
cannot be ascertained while there
exists so much uncertainty as to the
number on the train. One of the wrecked
cars on the ice has not yet been overhauled,
and it is thought that at least twenty
bodies are in the debris. Should this prove
true, it will run the list Of killed up to over
sixty. This will not include those which
may have been carried iIso the river through
the ice. The latest computation
as to the number of persons
on the train places it at over
100. When the last car on the ice is over
hauled tomorrow and further Identification
takes place, more complete list will be
oh Moi, oil -, ~,
score OF the bodies already recovered are so
disfgured by being crushed and burned as
to preclude any possibility of being identi-
fed. Many of the survivors will probably
die OF their wounds. Considering the
height from which the cars fell and the
speed at which the train was running, it is
regarded as
A MIRACLE
that any one escaped. The first passenger
to escape was Joseph Maignet, a French
Canadian boy. He was with his father.
David Magnet. on their way from Holyoke
to their home in Canada. The boy sat
three seats behind his father in
the third car from the rear. He
was doing in his seat when
lie felt the cars shiYer. This
motion was kept up for a few seconds, and
then the car dashed over the bridge upon
the ice. BY hard work the boy succeeded
in getting out of one of tile windows. He
at once went in search of his father, and
discovered him by the light of the burning
wreck just above him, pinned down by a
part of the top of the car which had fallen
directly across his chest and legs. The
old man was as firmly held as if in vice.
Joseph was the only one who escaped from
the car, as he says. He rushed to his faith
nI'S and cnnl-n of
agement to him. The father was very
cool, and told his son to help him out as
soon as possible. The boy seized his father
and struggled with all his strength to extri-
cate him, but in vain. The
FLAMES WERE APPROACHING
rapidly. Joseph" said the father, run
and get an AK or saw" but he could not
find either. Pull me out then, even if
you have to break my legs to do it'
Joseph tugged away with all his might, but
could not stir his father an inch. With won
derful GOODNESS the father gave himself
up to his fate. 1T is no use
my boy" he said, there is no hope for
me. Remember the dying words of your
father, always be a good boy. Farewell,
my son, will meet you in the other
world" The flames were so close at hand
the boy could remain no longer He left
his father and got out of reach of the
flames and watched his parent slowly
burn to death in the flaming DEBRIS The
first to go to the rescue of the passengers
generally were Engineer Charles Pierce
and his fireman. BY the time they reached
the imprisoned passengers the wreck was
all on fire. They hurried to the first coach
and there discovered Conductor Sturtevant
pinned down under weight of timbers.
l.; i
sought to release him. They broke one car
window to get at him, but in vain. They
tried another with the same success. Then
they hammered away at the frame of a
third and this time they got at him. Each
got hold of an arm and
PULLED WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT.
and at last got him out, but not before his
legs and body were fearfully burned. His
ribs and thigh bones were broken. lie was
laid out upon the Ice and the rescu-
ers FASTENED to eXtricate other
unfortunates. They next came to
Maria Sadler, of Ormstown, P, @
She was pinned down by the legs by heavy
broken timberS and was unable to move.
The men got hold of her and pulled with
all their strength. At last they got her
free, but they broke her ankle in doing so.
WHAT BowKER SAW.
WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. sc. w.
Bowker prominent merchant of this city,
was on the down train from Montreal this
morning and passed several hours at the
scene Of the wreck. The scene at the bridge
beggars description. He says:
The burned tmbers of the bridge and cars
and the charred bodies OF the victims are
scattered over the ice. The crowd assem- bled
was enormous. One man came to me while 1
stood gazing at the fearful sight and nOipf-
ing to the middle of the ruins, said: .'My
brother lies in there burned to death.